Improved washing-machine



- new and useful Improvement in Machinesfor Washing Clothes; and I do hereby declare thev catio'n, in Which-4v represents a horizontal section taken through.

I and use my invention, I will proceed to deings.

`operating the machine. On thetop ot' the box b of 4whichare waved or scalloped, asshown -inv thefdrawings.' These ribs 'are'` S9 arranged leaving a space, F, Fig. 2,` between lthem-for Against the endsof the box, and on thciuside in between the stationary ribs c onv the' ends v"UNrrED STATES JAMES' K. WEITESIDE, or

PATENT OFFICE.

RISING SUN, MARYLAND,- I

`IMPRovED,WASHING-MACHINE.'t

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,582, dated September 30, 1362.

Be it ,known that I, JAMES K.,WH1TEsIDE, of Rising Sun, in the county ot' Cecil andr State of Maryland, have invented a certain the box or tub, to show a portion o't theiuterior not distinetly'shownin the other figures.

Similar letters of reference, where they-'occur inthe separate ligures, denote like parts of the machine in all cases. Y'

To enable those skilled in thc art to make scribe the same with reference to the draw- A representsa lwnslrhoxsupported upon legs B, set upon rockers C, for the purposeof are two lids, D D, opening Afrom'the'center toward the ends ofthe box.v (Oa'lid, how-4 ever, may be used, though I prefert'wo.) 'Uptm the under sides of the lids are'secureda-jseries of triangular-shaped ribs, E, thepe'r'pendicular sides-a ot' which ribs arev rounded .oqforxaf purpose hereinafter mentioned, and the 'sides that their apices Vshallstand toward each other,

the reception of the clothesto bevwashed, or a. part ot'A them. A button, G, holdsithe lids tightly closed whilethe washing is being done.:

thereof, are vertical ribs c,ofan angular form in their cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3, though they may be rounded ol'instead of angular.

The reciprocating washing block or frame is constructed as i'olloiys: A series of ribs, d, 'are fastened toa bottom piece, e, and side pieces,

f, may also be attached thereto, `so that there shall be a chamber, g, in which a portion of the clothes to be washed may be placed. The top edges ot the ribs d are waved or scalloped, and

"order or to wear'out.

their ends scarfed or rounded oi, so-as to pass of the wash-box, and the bottom piece, e, is also scalloped out,- as shown at t', so that it may come close up to the end of the box, thus allowing the ribs to overlap or pass by each other.

In thev smaller-sized machinesor for lightA washing, thewashing block or frame will move easily enoughy by simply rocking the machine on its rockers c; but for 1ar'gersizcd' machines,y or for heavier washing, I proposeto i place friction-rollers onthe bottom or sides,

or both,'` and arrange waysA or guides for*` themA to roll onI or against; or they may roll against the bottom and sides -of the box itself.

`The clothes -to be washed may be placed in the receptacle F g or in tbe vspaces hh, or portions of them in' each place.V Those in F g are Washed between the ribs E d, and those in the spacesh h between the ends of the ribs l Thus three distinct wash-y ings of. clothes of different degrees-of'fneness i d and the'ribs c.

may be` going ou at the same time, each lot being subjected to the actionof a. scriesof movable, ribs working pastor against a series o fstationary ribs. '.lo put. the machine in motion, it is `only necessary to rock it on its rockers'. IThe water v dashes vthrough the clothes, whilethe ribs loosen 'fup all theunelean mattei-'fin t'hein," the' water taking 'upallthe dirt. vThe washing.

s urlaeesv being rounded or scalloped, the Aclothes arefsnbjected to an action no greater f or more wearing upon them than thatof hand"-v v, washing on a-@mmouhand-board, whilefthev 'saving' oilahoiyl tothe operator and the expe-,f4 ditionzwi'th which the washing is done Sgreatly The machine is quite simple and cheap',` au dl there areno parts of it likely-to get outof By placing the :ribs'E .l 'upon thellids-theopening vup ,ofthe lids removes 'the ribs outot' the way'and admits of the ready placing i n or removing ofthe clothes;

Having-thus fullyj described the nature and objectotmy invention, what Ifcl'ainltherein as new, and desire to secure by Lettersv Patent, is j I In combination withl'the wash..-'box' and Washing block or frame, thefribsE. dlc, a.r u ranged to operate in connection with each other in the manner substantially as Vand for the'purpose sctforth. f

JAMES K. WHrrEsIDE.

Witnesses:

A. RITTENHOUSE, G. 'W. SEYLER. 

